Sorry we haven't written anything in a while, places with internet access have been few and far between. But anyways, after Limerick we headed to Glenstal Abbey for mass and I have to say that (besides Easter Vigil and Triduum) it was one of the coolest masses that I've ever been to. It was so cool to hear all of the chants and see some of the old school traditions that you don't really see anymore in the States. After that, we drove west to Bunratty Castle and Folk Park, which was very cool. It showed how people throughout Ireland's history would have lived and the castle itself was fully restored and looked amazing! After Bunratty, we kept heading west until we hit the Cliffs of Moher, which were spectacular! We were gonna hang our legs off of the cliff and take a picture but we decided that that was probably a bad idea... After that, we headed to the small town of Lisdoonvarna which is on the outskirts of the Burren National Park. The next day we drove out into the middle of the park and did some hiking. The scenery was really cool, the park is covered with slabs of granite and in between the rocks grow a ton of different plants; even orchids! There were also some really cool ancient ruins there, from churches that were hundreds of years old to tombs that were thousands of years old! Once we were done hiking we headed north to the city of Galway. It was raining that evening (of course) so we didn't get to explore the town very much until the next day but it was a really cool city! While we were out and about we both got Claddagh rings in the village of Claddagh, which has kind of been engulfed by Galway city. Once we were done exploring town, we hopped on a ferry and headed out to Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands. I think we probably had the best time of our trip so far while we were there! On the first day, we rented bikes and biked across the island to a place called Dun Aengusa, which is a large cliffside fort. It was ringed by two separate walls that were built completely without mortar and on one side went right up to the side of the cliff! That evening, we were hanging out in the tv room when the manager of the hostel came in and invited us to have dinner with him and the staff. We ended up making some good friends with the staff members who were from all over (Australia, California, Ohio, and Ireland) and we went out to the pub together that night. The next day we tried to go on a fishing trip but realized once we had gotten to the beach that the crank for our one fishing pole was missing! Nevertheless, we still had a great time hanging out with our friends outside of the hostel and just relaxing. That same day, we headed back to the mainland and drove through the Connemara National Park to our next hostel near the town of Leenanne, north of the park. We spent the next couple of days hiking in the park and enjoying some of the best scenery (and weather) that we had seen in all of Ireland! Today, we finished our stay in Connemara and drove north to the city of Westport, which is right next to the mountain called Croagh (pronounced "croke") Patrick. It was on top of this mountain where St. Patrick, after having fasted for 40 days and nights, rang his bell and banished all of the snakes from Ireland! One Sunday, thousands of pilgrims (us among them) will hike to the top of mountain in memory of the way that St. Patrick himself took. Until then, we plan on going to the small town of Knock tomorrow, where the Virgin Mary appeared to multiple townspeople and then into the middle of Ireland to see the ruins of Clonmacnois, an ancient monastery. Unfortunately, our internet is pretty bad today so we can't post any pictures, but we will as soon as possible!